Sydney may have slightly warmer weather at this point in the year, may also be home to the Opera House and Bondi Rescue and may additionally have been home to our good friend Hugh Jackman in his early years, but it didn’t put on much of a sunrise this morning.

In fact, Sydney didn’t put on much of a show at all. And in the eternal battle between Melbourne and Sydney as Australia’s ultimate city, Melbourne won this round.

Because as Sydney-siders battled to work through thick clouds of fog, struggling to see more than a few meters in front of them, Melbourne had this:

Just to let that sink for a little bit, while Sydney couldn’t see it’s own Harbour bridge, like this:

Good Morning Sydney @sunriseon7 #sydneyfog pic.twitter.com/7igPfVdMl6 — Hilary (@_Hilarys) July 17, 2016

Sydney in the fog this morning. View from @tarongazoo, @sydney_sider. pic.twitter.com/JQ0xARgZRf

— Yixiang (@drgan) July 17, 2016

Foggy start to the day. Sydney expecting its warmest day since May. Rain Tues & Wed. https://t.co/wYwJBXZzrD #Sydney https://t.co/8dQ3JuRmSN — 7 News Sydney (@7NewsSydney) July 17, 2016

Melbourne, woke to this:

Good morning from the office!!! #Sunrise #Melbourne pic.twitter.com/uvAHIHNEoU

— Sam (@samcos73) July 18, 2016

#NicksSingaporeAdventure finally home. #Melbourne #Sunrise pic.twitter.com/fNl4Fgd6Lr — Nick Silagy (@NickSilagy) July 17, 2016

Melbourne sunrise #sunrise #melbourne #city pic.twitter.com/8uATlR9DoG

— Nikpics (@bell1132) July 17, 2016

I woke up this morning and this is the first thing I saw. #sunrise over #melbourne #insta … https://t.co/CEHozZyuuc pic.twitter.com/25VTGUdc3g — Erik Sentell (@e_sentell) July 17, 2016

We hope Sydney can see past its own fog to acknowledge the real winner here.

*Feature image via Twitter/ Melbourne obviously wins in the hipster-stakes. But is that even a good thing?